The manna(A) resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.[a] The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil. When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.(B)

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  1. 11:7 A yellowish, transparent gum resin

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